State v. Williford:  Gumshoes, Trash, Parking Lots and DNA

Published for NC Criminal Law on January 29, 2015.

Kathy Taft was bludgeoned and raped on March 5, 2010, as she lay in the bedroom of a friends’ home in Raleigh recovering from surgery.  She died four days later.  Raleigh police tracked down her killer, Jason Williford, through what then-police chief Harry Dolan called “gumshoe detective work”:  They collected and tested trash discarded by ... Read more

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